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Old Apr 20, 2020 | 8:43 am
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Adam Smith
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For those thinking of churning Aeroplan cards to rack up some miles, note the following from the T&C:

4.Anti-gaming: if you acquire an Aeroplan credit card and cancel it before the end of 2020, return any eStore transaction or any other mileage reversal, Air Canada reserves the right to remove any Bonus Altitude Qualifying Miles (AQM), Bonus Altitude Qualifying Dollars (AQD), eUpgrade Credits and/or Status adjustments you may have received through this Offer. Similarly, Aeroplan reserves the right to remove any Aeroplan Miles you may have earned through this Offer.
So, open up all the new cards you want, just make sure you wait until 1/1/21 to cancel them.

Originally Posted by WaytoomuchEurope
So I can accelerate the possibility of gifting status? I see zero point in this for someone like me.
I was thinking the same. Then I looked at the T&Cs and found something interesting:

3. Altitude Super Elite 100K and Elite 75K Status Members who earn 250,000 Aeroplan Miles during this Offer and registered will receive 25,000 Bonus Aeroplan Miles that count toward Million Miles recognition.
canadiancow , here are some MM-eligible bonus miles!

Before I saw that, I was figuring there was no way in heck I would do this, but if I can find some tickets that look worth booking on points, this might actually incentivize me to transfer over some Amex MR.
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